Last started playing more actively with his second tutor and switched to the double bass as a teenager. [25][26], Writing in The Independent, Spencer Leigh suggested that Last's Non-Stop Dancing albums "paved the way for disco and dance mixes". Entdecken Sie Veröffentlichungen von Orchester James Last auf Discogs. 84 (and No. James Last (* 17. As the year comes to a close, we present the Top 10 Stars of 2020 on IMDb including Ana de Armas, Anya Taylor-Joy, … We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now. Listen to music from James Last Band like Lara's Theme (From The Film "Dr. Zhivago") and Happy Luxembourg. James Last Band, Soundtrack: Ocean's Thirteen. He won numerous popular and professional awards, including Billboard magazine's Star of the Year trophy in 1976, and was honoured for lifetime achievement with the German ECHO prize in 1994. Last married his first wife, Waltraud, in 1955; they had two children, Ronald and Caterina. 2, "Heart of Gold" at No. Last was somewhat more successful on the singles charts. His composition "Happy Heart" became an international success in interpretations by Andy Williams and Petula Clark. [21] Two years later, Last married Christine Grundner from Bavaria. By the time of his farewell tour in the spring of 2015, Last was reported to have sold well over 100 million albums.[16]. They enjoyed popularity throughout the 1990s, with four top 10s on the UK Singles Chart and nine top 10s on the UK Albums Chart. Manfred Moch. James Last, who has died aged 86, was the most commercially successful bandleader of the decades following the second world war. James Last - James Last Und Seine Hammond-Bar-Combo*, James Last Band* James Last - James Last Und Seine Hammond-Bar-Combo*, James Last Band* - Hammond À Gogo Vol. Reply Notify me Helpful [r3579353] (His only other U.S. chart single was a double-sided entry featuring remakes of the Village Stompers' "Washington Square" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary", which reached No. From 1965, Polydor Records named him 'James Last', as they thought the name 'James' would be more suitable for the international market. Medium upbeat stylish mood. [10] His album This Is James Last remained a UK best-seller for 48 weeks, and his song "Games That Lovers Play" has been covered over a hundred times. [17][18] It was released on 7" vinyl in 1968 and has been included on By Request and Eighty Not Out. He began studying the piano at age 10, though he could play simple tunes such as the folk song "Hänschen klein" when he was 9. It was always a popular piece at his concerts. Songs composed by Last which achieved success in the US include "Happy Heart" and "Music from Across the Way", both recorded by Andy Williams, "Games That Lovers Play", recorded by Eddie Fisher, and "Fool", recorded by Elvis Presley. 2 degrees of separation for James Last Band comprise 685 bands: James Last Band. 18 on the Adult Contemporary chart) in late 1971. . Besides the musical genius of James Last for creating the arrangements, compose melodies for his recordings and conduct the orchestra, he had a great orchestra to give life to his arrangements. Bremen, Bremen, Germany. 17, "The Seduction" at No. When the Last-Becker Ensemble disbanded, he became the in-house arranger for Polydor Records, as well as a number of European radio stations. The orchestra started touring in 1968, and has been extremely popular in Europe and all over the world. He entered the Bückeburg Military Music School of the German Wehrmacht at the age of 14 and learned to play bass, piano and tuba.[15]. James Last (German pronunciation: [tʃeɪms last,[1] dʃeɪms lɑːst];[2] born Hans Last; 17 April 1929 – 9 June 2015),[3] also known as Hansi, was a German composer and big band leader of the James Last Orchestra. He was voted as the best bassist in the country in a German jazz poll for 1950, 1951 and 1952. Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube 2.- "Secret Love" from his album: "Happy Summer Night" (1976). Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from James Last … Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from James Last Band. Last's trademark is arranging pop hits in a big-band style; his series of "party albums" is equally well-known. . 46, "Music from Across the Way" at No. [8], In September 2014 Last learned that a "life threatening" illness had worsened (the exact details were never disclosed), and in early 2015 he announced his retirement from touring would take place following a final "goodbye tour", which commenced in Germany and ended in London. Died. On these records, he varied his formula by adding different songs from different countries and genres, as well as guest performers like Richard Clayderman and Astrud Gilberto. James Last , also known as Hansi, was a German composer and big band leader of the James Last Orchestra. James Jeremiah Murphy (born February 4, 1970) is an American musician, DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer. The recordings even came custom-made for a good time, with a … Despite being the "most commercially successful bandleader" of the second half of the 20th century,[3] Last's extravagant spending and "incompetent" financial advice led him at one stage to the "brink of ruin" financially. Photograph: Dorothee Falke/Allstar. It was a hit and helped make him a major European star. 22 on the Adult Contemporary chart in May 1980. These are not the actual listings but only the listing of songs from which James Last selects for the actual concerts. His father was an official at the postal and public works department of the city of Bremen and Last grew up in the suburb of Sebaldsbrück. 36, "Reach for a Star" at No. His signature piece was "Orange Blossom Special". 100 tracks (356:42). Manni also played all of the beautiful lyrical trumpet solos on the Bert Kaempfert albums, and, he played in the trumpet section of James Last. The orchestra started touring in 1968 and has been very popular worldwide. Read Full Biography. Last was born to Louis and Martha Last in Bremen, Germany. King Crimson. Listen to music from James Last And His Orchestra like Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo, Guantanamera & more. The Germna composer and big band leader is amazing! Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Over the course of … The Last Tour 2007; Live on … Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. The potential of Sinatra meets Last at his best is apt. After the end of the war, he joined Hans Günther Oesterreich's Radio Bremen Dance Orchestra. Last's trademark sound employed big band arrangements of well-known tunes with a jaunty dance beat, often heavy on bass and brass.[12]. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. The James Last sound became the archetypal soundtrack of any German cellar bar party. Last's 1965 album, Non Stop Dancing, was a recording of brief renditions of popular songs, all tied together by an insistent dance beat and crowd noises. Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. In 1948 he became the leader of the Last-Becker Ensemble, which performed for seven years. Last's trademark sound employed big band arrangements of well-known tunes with a jaunty dance beat, often heavy on bass and brass. Superb sound mastering another outstanding must have by the prolific Last. 22 on the Adult Contemporary chart in early 1971). Asked if he minded being labelled the "King of Corn", Last reportedly replied "No, because it is true. Get it. This page was last edited on 6 January 2021, at 14:22. 9 June 2015 (aged 86) James Last (Hans Last, * April 17, 1929 in Bremen, † June, 9, 2015 in Florida) was a German composer and big band leader with a large fan base in Europe and world-wide. He … Listen to music from James Last Band like A Man And A Woman and Hadjidakis: Never On Sunday (Edit). German big band leader, composer and musician (bass, piano), born 17 April 1929 in Bremen, Germany. Died on June 9, 2015, aged 86, in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Juni 2015 in West Palm Beach, Florida, Vereinigte Staaten)[1] war ein deutscher Bandleader, Komponist, Arrangeur und Musikproduzent. Last first released albums in the U.S. under the titles The American Patrol on Warner Bros. Records around 1964. [12] Despite at times being derided by critics and purists as the "king of elevator music"[3] or "acoustic porridge",[6] his style and music were popular in numerous countries and cultures, including Japan, the former Soviet Union, the USA and UK, and his native Germany,[13] where it became "the archetypal soundtrack of any German cellar bar party",[8] and made him the "most commercially successful bandleader" of the second half of the 20th century. The orchestra was established in 1964 as a studio orchestra, led by jazz musician Hans Last. In the UK, his only chart singles were "The Seduction", a cover version of the theme from American Gigolo (1980) composed by Giorgio Moroder, and "Biscaya" from the album Biscaya. The oldest brother of Werner Last (known as Kai Warner) and Hans Last (known as James Last) played together with his brothers in the dance and entertainment orchestra of Radio Bremen, went to the USA in 1954 and studied drumming with Sonny Igoe, the drummer for Woody Herman. The list of musicians are taken from the programs from the tours of James Last and his Orchestra. Though his concerts and albums were consistently successful, especially in the UK, where he had 52 hit albums between 1967 and 1986, which made him second only to Elvis Presley in charting records,[16] he had relatively few hit singles. 28, "The Seduction" at No. The League Of Gentlemen. Feb 29, 2020 - Themes: 1.- "Me and you and a dog named Boo" from his album: "beachparty 2" (1971). The James Last Orchestra is a German big-band orchestra with strings. 15,476 fans get concert alerts for this artist. His home city of Bremen was bombed heavily during World War II, and he ran messages to air defence command posts during the raids. Captain Cook Und Seine Singenden Saxophone, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. [22][23] Last and Christine divided their time between homes in Florida and Hamburg. 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About James Last Band James Last is a German big band leader with a large fan base in Europe, although he has never had a comparable following in the United States. As a composer and arranger, he is considered to have been the inventor of the “easy listening” genre. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about James Last Band* - Instrumentals Forever at Discogs. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.